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So this is their vision of how the table should look after 12 games, if matches had been free of wonder strikes out of the blue or freak misses.

Stoke City may lie 14th in the all-important real world but they might take some hope from the thought that their displays so far are apparently worthy of a play-off spot.

Gary Rowett's team have a goal difference of minus-one but Infogol reckon that should be 2.7. They deserved better against Blackburn, Sheffield Wednesday, West Brom and even Leeds - but less at Rotherham and Preston.